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Netanyahu says pressure on Hamas effective, IDF intercepts missile from Yemen

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 IDF operates in Syria, Lebanon, West Bank, and Gaza. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF operates in Syria, Lebanon, West Bank, and Gaza.
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Netanyahu: Israel's military pressure on Hamas is working

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The military pressure Israel is applying on Hamas is working, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a government meeting on Sunday. 

"It’s working because it operates simultaneously: on one hand, it crushes Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities, and on the other, it creates the conditions for the release of our hostages. That’s exactly what we’re doing," he added. 

"We are committed to bringing the hostages back, and we are working to bring the hostages back. To this day, the combination of military and diplomatic pressure is the only thing that has led to the return of hostages," Netanyahu further noted. 

 
 
 

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Rocket sirens sound across central Israel

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Rocket sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and across central Israel on Sunday morning. 

This is a developing story. 

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Hostage families lead prayer for hostage return outside Ron Dermer's home

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Families of hostages led a prayer for the return of the hostages held in Hamas captivity on Sunday outside Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer's home in Jerusalem.

"Minister Dermer, the responsibility is in your hands. Your highest mission is to bring about a comprehensive agreement to save 59 lives - to rescue them from the very real and immediate danger of death and disappearance," they stated. 
 
 
  

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Red Cross 'gravely concerned' for nine missing medics in Gaza

The Red Cross said it had not had contact with the crew since March 23.

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Red Cross vehicles pictured in the Gaza Strip in a previous hostage exchange. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)
Red Cross vehicles pictured in the Gaza Strip in a previous hostage exchange.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)

The Red Cross said on Saturday that it is gravely concerned about the fate of nine Palestine Red Crescent ambulance crew members who have reportedly been missing for seven days in Gaza.

The Red Cross said in a statement it has not had any contact with the crew since they came under heavy fire while operating in Rafah in the early hours of March 23. 

"It is vital that there is information and access to ensure the safe return of these humanitarians to their families who are in a nightmare without knowing if their loved ones are alive," the Red Cross added.

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Border Police officers kill terror attack suspect in West Bank

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Border Police officers killed a suspect who had been involved in a terror attack against security forces in Tammun in the West Bank, police said on Sunday.  

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Hamas agrees to ceasefire proposal it received from mediators, group's chief says

Security sources told Reuters on Thursday that Egypt had received positive indications from Israel over a new ceasefire proposal that would include a transitional phase.

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 Khalil al-Hayya pictured in 2022. (photo credit: TASNIM NEWS AGENCY/CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)/VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
Khalil al-Hayya pictured in 2022.
(photo credit: TASNIM NEWS AGENCY/CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)/VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

 Hamas has agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received two days ago from mediators Egypt and Qatar, the Palestinian group's chief said on Saturday.

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Israel conveys counter-proposal to Gaza deal mediators amid reports of Hamas agreeing to proposal

Hamas reportedly agreed to release five hostages in exchange for renewing the ceasefire in Gaza.

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 Israelis demonstrate for the return of the hostages remaining in Gaza, March 29, 2025. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI)
Israelis demonstrate for the return of the hostages remaining in Gaza, March 29, 2025.
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Israel has conveyed its counter-offer to the Gaza deal mediators in full coordination with the US, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement Saturday evening, following reports that Hamas agreed to the Egyptian proposal to release five live hostages.

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'Deliver my screams': Hamas publishes video of Elkana Bohbot begging for release

The 35-year-old, who has spent over a year in Hamas captivity, suffers from asthma.

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
 Hamas releases video of hostage Elkana Bohbot, March 29, 2025. (photo credit: Screenshot/Telegram)
Hamas releases video of hostage Elkana Bohbot, March 29, 2025.
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Hamas on Saturday released footage of hostage Elkana Bohbot amid reports of a potential ceasefire-hostage deal.

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IDF locates some remains of murdered hostage Meny Godard

In February 2024, Kibbutz Be’eri announced that Godard had been murdered on October 7, and his body was taken by terrorists into Gaza. 

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 Meny Godard. (photo credit: Canva, Hostages Families Forum)
Meny Godard.
(photo credit: Canva, Hostages Families Forum)

The IDF located some of the remains of hostage Meny Godard, 73, who had been kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023, by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists, the military announced Saturday evening.

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Important facts

  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
  • 59 hostages remain in Gaza.
  • 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says.
  • The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30.
  • The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4 a.m.
  • Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on January 17, 2025.